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ChristianToday |
11:52pm PDT |
Pope to visit New York synagogue during US trip |
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Summary: Pope Benedict will meet Jewish leaders in Washington and visit a synagogue in New York in acknowledgment of the Passover festival which begins during his US tour this month US bishops said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PDT |
King still roils US politics 40 years after death |
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Summary: Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr was shot to death in a racially charged assassination the civil rights leader is still roiling American politics |
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ChristianToday |
11:00pm PDT |
Egypt satellite drops critical Londonbased channel |
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Summary: Satellite operator Nilesat partially owned by Egypts government has dropped a Londonbased station that has criticised Egyptian policies the station said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:00pm PDT |
Lloyds sees benefit from US regulatory revamp |
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Summary: Lloyds of London a prominent insurance market sees benefit from a proposed revamping of financial services regulation in the United States Chief Executive Richard Ward said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
10:59pm PDT |
Race to become London mayor grows tight |
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Summary: The race to become mayor of London with its implications for national politics and the 2012 Olympics tightened on Thursday with polls putting the Conservative and Labour rivals neckandneck |
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ChristianToday |
10:59pm PDT |
French mission stands by to treat Colombia hostage |
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Summary: A French medical team on Thursday prepared to fly into Colombias jungles to treat rebel hostage Ingrid Betancourt a FrenchColombian politician believed seriously ill after six years in guerrilla captivity |
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ChristianToday |
10:57pm PDT |
NATO promises Ukraine and Georgia entry one day |
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Summary: NATO leaders promised Ukraine and Georgia on Thursday they would one day join the Western defence alliance after rebuffing US demands to put the former Soviet republics on an immediate path to membership |
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ChristianToday |
10:56pm PDT |
Chavez nationalizes Venezuelas cement industry |
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Summary: President Hugo Chavez on Thursday announced the immediate nationalization of Venezuelas cement industry a move that will hit Mexicos Cemex just a year after Chavez launched a wave of state takeovers |
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ChristianToday |
10:56pm PDT |
Cyprus tears down barricade dividing island |
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Summary: Greek and Turkish Cypriots pulled down barricades on Thursday separating them for half a century reopening a street which became a symbol of Cypruss ethnic partition |
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ChristianToday |
10:55pm PDT |
Tibet to reopen to foreign tourists |
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Summary: Riottorn Tibet will be reopened to foreign tourists next month after a sixweek closure Chinese official media said a move expected to revive the hardhit tourism industry in the impoverished but scenic mountain area |
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ChristianToday |
10:54pm PDT |
Darfur activists urge leaders to skip ceremony |
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Summary: US President George W Bush and other leaders should shun the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony unless China does more to stop bloodshed in Sudans Darfur region activists said on Thursday |
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ChristianPost |
6:17pm PDT |
Prominent Chinese Rights Activist Sentenced to Jail |
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Summary: A Chinese court ruled Thursday that the writings and comments of one of the most prominent human rights activists in China amounted to inciting subversion, his lawyer ... |
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ChristianPost |
12:21pm PDT |
Web Site Equips Churches for Volunteer Month |
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Summary: A resource-packed Web site recently launched a campaign to equip churches for national volunteer month in April and for volunteer week later this ... |
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ChristianPost |
11:56am PDT |
Conservative Presbyterians Contest Soliciting Churches Claim |
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Summary: A group of conservative Presbyterian churches say accusations made by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Mississippi Presbytery are based on ... |
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ChristianToday |
9:03am PDT |
Bomb plotters indifferent to carnage |
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Summary: A gang of men were indifferent to the carnage they could have caused had their plot to blow up transatlantic airliners using liquid explosive bombs succeeded a London court heard on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
9:03am PDT |
London Underground workers call off strike |
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Summary: Thousands of workers on Londons underground rail network have called off a 72hour strike unions said on Thursday after negotiations with management alleviated concerns over safety and staffing |
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ChristianToday |
9:02am PDT |
Brown set for pot law showdown |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown was set for a showdown over cannabis after his drugs advisory board was reported on Thursday to have voted against his desire to tighten the law against it |
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ChristianToday |
9:02am PDT |
Executive wins record Internet libel damages |
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Summary: A property executive won record Internet libel damages from a court on Thursday in one of the countrys first cases stemming from online harassment by a business rival |
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ChristDot |
7:57am PDT |
Religion at the register |
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Summary: From The Indianapolis Star:
When customers walk into Chick-fil-A, they get a side with their chicken sandwich that's rare in the world of monstrous fast-food chains: Christianity.
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ChristianPost |
6:17am PDT |
Zimbabwe MDC Claims Victory; Still No Official Results |
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Summary: A fifth day rolled by Thursday with no official results on Zimbabwe’s presidential election, although the frustrated opposition party declared itself the victor the day ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:57am PDT |
Creation of Human-Animal Embryos Crosses the Line, Say U.K. Churches |
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Summary: Churches across the United Kingdom have expressed their regrets after researchers at Newcastle University announced this week that they had created human-animal hybrid ... |
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ChristDot |
5:27am PDT |
Students of Christianity, Yes. Virginity, No. |
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Summary: From The Huffington Post:
At Yale, however, both at the Divinity School and on the wider campus, I was surrounded by unmarried sexually active (or at least openly so) people my age who were put together and, contrary to what I'd been taught, were handling |
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ChristianPost |
5:20am PDT |
U.K. Church Synod Member Wants to Halt Spread of Mosques |
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Summary: A former magistrate and regular commentator on London’s leading Christian radio network has made a strong call in favor of halting the construction of new mosques as a way of protecting Christians freedoms in the United ... |
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ChristianToday |
4:32am PDT |
Fuel shortage grounds Mission Aviation planes |
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Summary: A shortage of aviation fuel or av gas has grounded missionary pilots of Mission Aviation Fellowship MAF a faithbased nonprofit ministry that serves missions and isolated people around the world with aviation communications and learning technologies |
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ChristianPost |
4:21am PDT |
MegaFest to Return Bigger, Global in 2008 |
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Summary: One of America’s largest Christian events is returning this year on a bigger scale after taking a one year ... |
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ChristianPost |
4:14am PDT |
Gibson Wants No 'Passion' Disclosure |
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Summary: Mel Gibson, who's being sued by a writer over payment for the "The Passion of the Christ" screenplay, wants to keep financial information about the blockbuster movie out of the public ... |
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ChristianToday |
4:10am PDT |
Call to halt spread of mosques |
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Summary: Former magistrate and regular commentator on Premier Christian Radio Alison Ruoff made a strong call in favour of halting the construction of new mosques as a way of protecting Christians freedoms in the UK |
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ChristianPost |
4:09am PDT |
Obama Found a Home in His Church |
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Summary: The furor over Wright's remarks has provoked the greatest crisis for Obama's presidential campaign thus far, but Obama has refused to leave Trinity or sever his ties with Wright, saying there is much more to Wright and the ... |
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ChristianPost |
4:05am PDT |
Jewish Leader Calls Hagee 'Extremist' |
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Summary: The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism said Wednesday that synagogues in the movement shouldn't work with the Rev. John Hagee, a Christian Zionist, calling him an "extremist" on Israeli policy who disparages other ... |
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ChristianToday |
2:20am PDT |
Churches can give refuge to domestic violence victims says counsellor |
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Summary: Churches can provide a safe haven for victims of domestic abuse says counsellor Joanne Robinson |
